What: 2019 Panini Immaculate Collection college basketball cards
Arrives: Sept. 27
Box basics: Five autographs or memorabilia cards per six-card box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Your newest shot at Zion Williamson -- and first in a higher-end release -- arrives on Friday as an online-only release from Panini.

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What: 2020 Topps WWE Road to WrestleMania wrestling cards
Arrives: March 11
Box basics: Two hits (one auto guaranteed) in every 24-pack hobby box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' annual Road to WrestleMania set takes on a pirate feel next year as WWE's showcase event will be held in Raymond James Stadium, the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, not long after this one arrives.

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What: 2019-20 Topps NHL Sticker Collection
Arrives: Nov. 27
Box basics: 50 five-sticker packs per box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps returns to the NHL ranks with a sticker collection that will give on-ice collectors a new option to chase this coming season.

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It's time to cast your vote for 2020.

No, it's not some primary election -- it's the vote for who will appear on card No. 1 in the 2020 Topps baseball card set.

The lead-off batter for the flagship baseball card set for the industry has been based on a fan vote for a few years now and Topps offered up the ballot on Monday.

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Update (Oct. 20): It sold for $187,500.

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The Chosen One's jersey is on the auction block and it could fetch six-figures when it sells next month.

Seventeen years after LeBron James made his Sports Illustrated debut, the gold St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish jersey he wore for that photo and a game that night is being sold via Runnemede, N.J.-based Goldin Auctions.

"Few players transcend their sport and few collectibles transcend the industry," said Ken Goldin the auction-house founder. "When you combine those two elements into one item records are broken and that is what we fully expect with this historic high school jersey of the world's most recognizable athlete of this generation."

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Panini America is putting Kevin Garnett autographs back in play.

The 15-time All-Star's time on the court ended back in 2016, but it's been far longer than that since basketball card collectors have had any substantial amount of ink to grab for this future Hall of Famer.

That all ends soon with his new ink coming in 2018-19 Panini Immaculate Collection, which arrives next week with three autographs in every box.

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New Giants QB Daniel Jones was a guy who got the headlines after Sunday's action as he took over for two-time Super Bowl champion and future Hall of Famer (yep, I said it) Eli Manning and delivered pretty well.

How well? He completed 23 of 36 passes for 336 yards and a pair of TDs ... and also had four carries for 28 yards and two more TDs in a 32-31 win over the Bucs. Only four QBs threw for more yards this week and four TDs appears to be tied for the best mark of the week. However, it's the W in New York that gets him the spotlight for that team, especially in a game largely without Saquon Barkley who now may be dealing with injuries in his sophomore season. Jones' RCs from this year's releases should be getting even more attention now -- and they were already being watched after he was drafted sixth-overall out of Duke.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but pulls from around the collecting world as we wait for Buzz's caffeine to kick in.

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The box: 2019 Panini Prestige NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 64
Base set completion: 
47 of 200 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Patrick Mahomes II, Dak Prescott, Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford, Mitchell Trubisky, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Odell Beckham Jr., Larry Fitzgerald, Julian Edelman, Antonio Brown, Amari Cooper, Marlon Mack, Todd Gurley II, Sony Michel, Ezekiel Elliott, Le'Veon Bell

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Did you know Ohio State QB Justin Fields has 2017 Leaf Perfect Game baseball cards?

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What's Buzzing Today: NFL pulls, grading key comics, new breaks and "is Mason Rudolph the future of the Steelers?"

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The boxes: 2018 Donruss Elite NFL cards (two blasters)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this lot: 20
Base set completion: 
23 of 100 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Aaron Rodgers, Michael Thomas, Julio Jones, Mitchell Trubisky, Matthew Stafford, Christian McCaffrey, Odell Beckham Jr.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls in today's edition -- MLB, NFL, NBA and WWE.

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What makes a day at Blowout Cards - The Fantastic Store even better?

That's something that football fans, card collectors and other curious kids -- young and old -- can find out next Saturday (Sept. 28) when the Panini NFL Mobile Tour arrives for a four-hour visit at the shop beginning at noon.

Among the priorities for the event? Well besides free stuff and NFL giveaways, Panini America representatives will be on hand for demonstrations of its new 2019 NFL Five Trading Card Game, which brings the Rookie Card chase into the TCG realm as part of this new release. (Rookies are among the tougher finds in the game -- get more details here.)

Panini will have a limited number of demo decks for NFL Five on hand as part of this stop on the Tour with a number of additional dates planned to coincide with a number of NFL games this fall. There are also plans for more stops during key events next year, while several have already taken place this season.

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What: 2019-20 Topps Chrome Bundesliga soccer
Arrives: July 15
Box basics: One autograph per 18-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome gets a second season on the pitch so Bundesliga German soccer fans can chase autographs and Refractor parallels for their favorite stars.

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The lot: 2019 Panini Contenders Draft Picks basketball cards (two blaster boxes)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards per box: 42
Cards in this box: 84
Base set completion: 
36 of 100* (36 percent) (*two versions for 50 cards equally distributed)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Anthony Davis, Luka Doncic, Magic Johnson, Trae Young, Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Kyrie Irving, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jayson Tatum, Jaren Jackson Jr., Blake Griffin, Kemba Walker, Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Chris Paul, DeAndre Ayton, Klay Thompson

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What: 2019 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Totally Tom Brady II -- Helmets, Footballs, Jerseys
Arrives: Sept. 18
Box basics: One autographed Tom Brady item redemption per pack (three packs per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Totally Tom Brady release gets a sequel with far more than autographed helmets involved this time around -- and all items are inscribed.

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What: 2019 Topps UFC Museum Collection MMA cards
Arrives: Nov. 20
Box basics: Two autographs and one Relic per eight-card box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Museum Collection hits the Octagon for the fourth consecutive year with the familiar looks for the brand and at least one new inclusion on the booklet-card front.

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What's Buzzing Today: Gardner Minshew, scouting the Arizona Fall League, a Walking Dead case delivers and more break highlights from around the collecting world.

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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MAN OF THE MOMENT ... AND WRONG SET NAME
The Item: Ronald Acuña Jr. 2019 Bowman Chrome Superfractor (1/1)
The Price: $1,799.99 opening bid (with best offer option)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This probably isn't what you're looking for with the arrival of 2019 Bowman Chrome -- it's all about prospect autos, especially in the HTA boxes linked below -- but there are other cards to look for, too, and this is one. If you click that link above you'll see something else peculiar beyond the price, which I'm not sure will even be hit opening that high. The seller mistakenly called this card a Gold Shimmer ... an error on a card of a guy who is on the cusp of some MLB history in the coming days as he's just three stolen bases away from being the youngest member of the very-exclusive 40-40 Club. If the price was low, I'd call this a steal scenario ... but it's not. (It also was fixed while I was writing this.)
Similar Pieces: 2019 Bowman Chrome autos on eBay 
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What: 2020 Topps Tribute baseball cards
Arrives: May 27
Box basics: Three autographs and three Relics per six-pack box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Tribute will arrive for a new year with the familiar format but plenty of new names as well as a new look and some new touches.

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The box: 2019 Panini Chronicles baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 5 (four standard, one Unparalleled)
Cards per pack: 5 (three in Unparalleled)
Cards in this box: 23
Base set completion: 
1 of 50 (2 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Kyle Tucker (RC)

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What's Buzzing Today: New Yaz, 2019 Bowman Chrome breaks, Zion Williamson, collecting nothing but RCs and, yes, displaying autographs can make them fade.

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The box: 2017 Topps The Walking Dead Season 7 trading cards (Walmart-version blasters)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 11 (10 standard, one hit pack)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 61
Base set completion: 
34 of 100 (34 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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What: Cryptozoic Rick and Morty Season 3 trading cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: TBD -- previously one autograph and one sketch card per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Pre-order: Click here (available soon)

What's buzz-worthy: There aren't a lot of details yet, but Rick and Morty will get a third run on cardboard as Cryptozoic has teased the box image and released promo cards for this one.

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The box: 2018 Donruss Optic baseball cards (Target mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12 (10 standard, 2 Shock)
Cards per pack: 4 per standard, 10 per shock
Cards per box: 60
Set completion: 
16 of 100 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ken Griffey Jr., Corey Seager, Buster Posey, Adrian Beltre, Kirby Puckett, Reggie Jackson, Justin Verlander

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